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2014 Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award Announced

Begun in 1995, the Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award is awarded each year by the Academy of Human Resource Development for the most outstanding article from across all issues in the most recent volume of Human Resource Development Quarterly.

This prestigious award is, this year, given to the most outstanding refereed research article published in Human Resource Development Quarterly, volume 25, issues 1-4 inclusive. This year, nominations for the top three most outstanding articles were sought from all 49 members of the HRDQ Editorial Board. A total of 73 nominations were received, and this included at least one nomination for 17 of the 18 possible articles in Volume 25. Upon receipt of these nominations, the Swanson Committee Co-Chair, Dr Valerie Anderson, tallied the results and shared the details of the finalists with the Swanson Award Committee. This year’s committee was composed of Dr. Maura Sheehan (Co-Chair), Dr. Travor Brown, Dr. David McGuire, and Professor Jim Stewart. The Swanson Award Committee then conducted a further review of the finalists and submitted their individual rankings and comments to the Co-Chairs.